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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive, incurable neurodegenerative disorder, characterized by systemic immune alterations and denervation of the neuromuscular junctions (NMJs). The exact mechanisms that lead to NMJ degeneration are unknown.

The European Research Council (ERC) has announced the list of winners of the ERC Proof of Concept (PoC) grant. 150 projects will receive a total of €22.5 million in funding, each worth €150,000 and lasting 18 months. The aim of the PoC grants is to promote the application of scientific results from ERC-funded research that show industrial potential.

Our colleague has been elected among the world’s leading life science researchers

Gábor Juhász, researcher at the HUN-REN Biological Research Centre in Szeged and at the Department of Anatomy, Cell and Developmental Biology at Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), has been elected a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO). Election to the EMBO Membership is a lifelong honour that recognizes internationally acknowledged scientific excellence and outstanding achievements in the life sciences.

The HUN-REN Szeged Biological Research Centre hosted a three-day international scientific conference from May 22 to 24, 2025.

The Straub Days event of the HUN-REN Biological Research Center, Szeged was opened by Director General, Ferenc Nagy on the morning of May 20. The two-day event ended with a banquet on the evening of May 21.

The „Straub-Days” event of the HUN-REN Biological Research Centre, Szeged will be organized on May 20 – May 21, 2025, in the main building of the HUN-REN BRC at Temesvári krt. 62. The organizers welcome every interested visitor.
 

Balázs Papp's work integrates the study of cellular networks with the understanding of evolutionary processes.

On April 22, 2025, a delegation from the Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, led by the academy's president, Dr. Cai Youming, and senior researcher Dr Zou Gen, visited the BRC to strengthen the emerging joint mushroom genomics collaborations and to learn about the research portfolio of the Momentum Mushroom Genomics and Evolution Group operating at the BRC Institute of Biochemistry. The research group led by László Nagy conducts world-renowned research in the field of fungal developmental biology and evolution, and their work can contribute to solving many challenges in the mushroom industry. The goal of the emerging collaboration is primarily knowledge transfer and training of young researchers, but it can also lead to industrial collaborations in China, which is the world's largest mushroom producer.

The BRC visit of the delegation will be followed by further meetings in China and Hungary, which will contribute to enhancing the reputation of the BRC in the Far East as well.

Bacteriophages (shortly phages) are viruses that infect and replicate only in bacterial cells. They are ubiquitous in the planet, extremely diverse in size, morphology, and genomic organisation, and they are the earth's most abundant biological agent. As being harmless to human cells but killing bacteria, they are subject of intense studies (also in the HUN-REN BRC) as potential alternative therapeutic tools for fighting bacteria and their increasing resistance against drugs.